祁山依舊照春秋
火燒連環施計妙
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On that date, she summoned all the magpies on earth to fly to the celestial river to form a bridge for the couple to meet. There, the parents and children would have a time together. They shed tears as they expressed their longings for one another, and their wish to be united again.
On earth, the Chinese, later also the Japanese, had since celebrated the Double Seven Festival (七夕) to remember the tragic event. At night, people would search the sky for the Celestial River, known as the Milky Way, and point to two bright stars with blinking eyes…..
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Myths and Legends
(8) Celestial Lonely Regrets
After the Great Archer Yi (羿) shot down the nine playful suns, Tien Di (天帝) banished him and his beautiful wife Chang O (嫦娥) from heaven.
They settled down on earth amid people who respected him for saving the universe. They had a son and a daughter in a few years, and lived happily in central China.
However, Chang O had always a complaint for being changed to be a human when she was born a goddess. She was particularly concerned that she would die one day, being human. Yi tried all he could to comfort her, and to make life easy for her.
(2) Melodic Lyrics and Poems
The Tang and Song (唐宋) dynasties were great moments for literature. The former was open, when China took in diverse foreign things in exchange of her own wisdom. The latter was under the attacks of powerful tribes from the north, when the Emperor immersed himself in esthetic creation. It was an epoch of consolidation and contradiction, a time of consistence and change. It was an age for songs and poems.
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美國變天,以巴不和,恐襲頻頻,敘利亞戰禍…,
重聽約翰連儂一曲《Imagine》,感觸良多….
《和平》
赤子心約翰連儂
求理想死而無功
人心惟危道心微
和平共處痴人夢
慾望熾盛心機險
五濁惡世難大同
橫屍眾泣天垂淚
其志可嘉惋惜重
Myths and Legends
(7) Wisdom of the Yellow Emperor
In the mythical times of Yandi (炎帝), a child was born when thunder continuously lit the sky. He grew up to be Huangdi (Yellow Emperor/黃帝), a much accomplished scholar, technologist and political leader. Together, Yandi and Huangdi are recognized as the common ancestors of the Chinese people.
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